The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact – Harvard Business School Case

February 10, 2019

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Summary

This case from Harvard Business School discusses how TPG, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, launched its inaugural impact investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. It also explores how the fund worked with The Bridgespan Group to create the Impact Multiple of Money, a measure of social value created per dollar invested.

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